Barbara Rodriguez, 53, later discovered her cancer wasn’t even caused by her smoking, but rather a gene mutation.

A VATS lobectomy, or thoracoscopic lobectomy ... with general anesthesia using a special endotracheal tube that allows intentional collapse of the lung which is operated on. The procedure is performed ...

Today marks two years since WTOP’s Neal Augenstein was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. He reflects on where he’s been in ...

Lobectomy - when one of the five lobes is removed; Segmentectomy - when a segment is removed; Wedge resection - when a small section of the lung is removed; Pneumonectomy - when an entire lung is ...

These options include pneumonectomy (to remove one lung), lobectomy (to remove a part of the lung called a lobe), or segmentectomy (to remove more than a wedge but less than a lobe). For those who ...

"I felt I had smoked and that I deserved it but then I thought about my son, Oscar, and knew I was going to take up the ...

With more lung cancer cases being detected via both incidental findings and early screenings, robotic-assisted surgery can make for an all around better experience for patients. Charles Simmons, a ...

A perioperative exercise intervention using wearable devices improved physical activity and dyspnea 6 months after lung ...

That's a pretty common feeling, 20% of lung cancer patients aren't smokers. It's not on everyone's radar. But experts, like the surgeon who performed Morrison's lobectomy say it should be.

Lung cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in China, has only a 19.7% five-year survival rate in the country. The disease in non-smokers is prevalent and younger patients account for an ...